geographical forms, one inhabiting the southern mountains 
of Spain, the other the northernmost ones of Marocco. The 
S. maderensis represents the same type in its western 
limit of growth, the Island of Madeira; the S. cuneata of 
the Pyrenees represents its northern limit within the 
Peninsular area; within that area occur the equally or 
indeed more closely connected forms of S. obscura, Gren. 
and Godr., and S. canaliculata, Boiss. and Reut.; and it 
would not be difficult to connect all with the forms that 
occur under other names elsewhere in Western Europe. 
The size of the flowers, no less than the habit, recommend 
S. Camposti for cultivation in the rock-garden, along with 
its numerous allies. The specimen here figured flowered 
at Kew in May of this year, where it has been in cultivation 
for many years. 
Descr. Densely tufted, bright green, forming large 
patches, more or less hairy on the leaves and glandular in 
the inflorescence. Leaves very variable, a quarter to half 
an inch in diameter, flabellately three- to five-cleft, with 
simple obtuse or subacute teeth, or broader and deeply 
three- to five-lobed, with the lobes three or more toothed ; 
petiole one-half to one inch long, broad, flat, strongly 
ribbed when dry. Flowering stems three to four inches 
high, rather stout, glabrous or sparsely glandular ; peduncles 
and pedicels glandular-pubescent, slender. Flowers corym- 
bose, two-thirds of an inch in diameter, inclined. Ovary 
nearly globose, densely glandular. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 
subacute, longer than the ovary. Petals spathulate, white, 
twice as long as the stamens, tip rounded. Anthers yellow. 
Styles slender ; stigma oblong-capitate.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Vertical section of flower; 2, ovary and stamens ; 3, stamens; 4, style ; 
5, transverse section of ovary :—ali enlarged. 
